Japers' Rink · Oct 20, 2021
Moments That Mattered: Where There’s a Willy...
Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images With about three minutes left in the first period of last night’s tilt against, and looking to take a lead into the intermission to cap a dominant period against one of the NHL’s best squads, the Caps broke the puck neatly out from behind their own net, resulting in an odd-man rush, a Nick Jensen goal, and a 2-1 lead.
Let’s take a closer look.
They play starts behind Ilya Samsonov, with both Caps defensemen and Evgeny Kuznetsov in a 3v3 battle for the puck on the boards (not that it looks like Nathan MacKinnon is doing much to help). Alex Ovechkin stands guard for a puck that squirts to the net mouth, while Tom Wilson will play anything that comes up the boards.